With the right selection of parsley, you can provide yourself with vitamins and fresh herbs until the end of autumn. This green is early ripening, medium, late. Parsley can be grown not only in open ground, but also in greenhouses, on balconies. This plant is an ideal decoration for flowerpots, window sills, and also a useful product.
What types are
When choosing varieties of parsley for growing, you should know what types it happens. This plant can be root and leaf. The latter type is divided into curly and ordinary.
To determine which species is needed, it is worth deciding for what purposes it will be grown. If you need roots for decoctions, cooking various dishes, then the root look is sown. To obtain greens, the seeds of parsley leaf varieties are sown.
Root type
A feature of root varieties is that they form a cone-shaped thickened root that resembles a cylinder in shape. Such varieties grow little in green mass, in comparison with leafy varieties of parsley. In taste and aroma, it is inferior to leaf.
In representatives of early varieties of root parsley, the roots are not long, thick. They are ideal for drying. Later species grow up to 40 cm in length and are well suited for long-term storage.
Sugar
Among the best varieties of parsley root species - Sugar. It belongs to the early varieties ripening for 95-100 days from the moment of sowing seeds. The rosette of the variety is sprawling, has up to 40 leaves. The root grows in length about 30 cm, spiky, conical in light gray. Inside the root vegetables are white, have a light yellow core. This variety of parsley is widespread due to its excellent taste.
Harvest
The variety belongs to mid-season - 130 days. The bush grows not large, semi-spreading with 15-21 leaves. The root crop has a peaked shape, weighing about 100 grams. Length - 20-25 cm, taste excellent.
Alba
Among the best varieties of parsley is Alba. It gives an excellent root crop, weighing up to 300 grams and high taste. The variety is appreciated for the absence of filamentous roots on the lateral surface and long-term storage. With proper storage, the root crop can lie until spring.
The final
Parsley medium ripening. Her root crop is narrowed, conical, up to 25 cm long and weighing about 200 grams. The fruit tastes excellent, it is used for fresh consumption, in canned food.
Bordovik
Technical ripeness of the variety occurs on 140 days from the moment of sowing. For this parsley is characterized by a strong branching - more than 30 leaves. The root crop is long - about 40 cm, weighing about 180 grams. The shape is cylindrical.
Berlin
The variety is late ripening, ripens for 150 days from the moment of emergence of seedlings. The plant forms a sprawling rosette, the root crop is conical, pointed. Diameter - 4-5 cm, length - 23 cm.
Sheet view
Parsley leaf varieties grown exclusively for the sake of greenery. Their roots are thin, hard, but have a large fragrant rosette.
Leaf varieties are divided into two types: ordinary and curly, with corrugated leaves that look like curls. Due to its decorative appearance, it is ideal for decorating dishes. In addition, curly varieties have a strong aroma and a pleasant, delicate taste. After cutting, the greens remain fresh for a long time, and new leaves quickly grow on the outlet.
Aster
Among the early varieties of parsley, the Astra variety stands out. It ripens after 60 days from the appearance of seedlings and is suitable for consumption. The rosette grows dense, half-raised, with large corrugated leaves. Green mass is growing rapidly.
Common leaf
Among parsley varieties, this species is distinguished for greens for a high stable yield. Technical ripeness occurs on the 70th day after emergence. The rosette is highly developed, consists of a large number of smooth, green leaves with a strong dissection. One outlet can have up to one hundred leaflets. The roots of common leaf parsley are not consumed.
Esmeralda
When choosing the seeds of the best varieties of parsley, it is worth paying attention to Esmeralda. The variety is characterized by a large appearance, a heavy rosette in which up to thirty leaflets with shortened petioles are formed. After cutting, a new crop quickly grows.
Curly Sue
The variety is considered ultra-mature, it is a plant with delicate, lush leaves. Curls are characterized by an accelerated increase in green mass, which allows the outlet to quickly recover after cutting the greens.
Sue has straight-fragrant leaves with a long strong stalk, dense fragrant greens. The plant has a lot of vitamin C, carotene. The variety does not fade for a long time after cutting, and dense curlyness gives the plant a special decorative effect.
Sandwich
The variety belongs to mid-season, cold-resistant. From the appearance of seedlings to the first cut takes about 70 days.
The variety is characterized by medium-sized triangular leaves with a bright aroma. After cutting, it grows quickly. Sandwich parsley is rich in vitamins. After cutting, quickly gaining green mass. Suitable for canning, pickling, fresh consumption.
Breeze
Parsley is classified as mid-ripening, ripening for 80 days. The mass of the outlet is about 60 grams. The plant is tall, can reach 70 cm in height. The greens are tender, for a long time they retain their freshness after cutting.
Carnival
Variety leaf, fast growing. With good agricultural technology grows in 70 days. The Carnival outlet is large, with huge fragrant leaves. Their number in the outlet can reach up to a hundred pieces. After cutting, the vegetative mass quickly grows.
The plant forms an abundant crop. A distinctive feature is the high frost resistance of the plant - even after the first frost, the leaves will be juicy and will not lose their qualities.
The plant has a high adaptation to fungal diseases. Greens contain a lot of vitamin C, calcium, healthy vitamins and minerals.
The most favorable time for sowing in open ground for a permanent place is autumn and spring. To get fresh herbs in the winter, Carnival is planted in containers with a nutritious substrate.
The variety is widely used. It is used fresh, added to spins, salads, soups. Parsley can be salted, dried, and pickled.
Carnival is a photophilous variety. But the plant has a high adaptation and can tolerate partial shade. To obtain greens for a long time, the seeds of the Carnival parsley variety are sown in several stages, starting in mid-April. The second sowing is carried out in July, and the last in November.
Sowing is carried out in previously prepared beds, at a distance of 15-20 cm between rows. The optimal seed placement depth is 1-2 cm.
The carnival is not whimsical to growing conditions, but needs periodic loosening of the soil, moderate watering and feeding with complex fertilizers in a small amount during the period of growing green mass. When the leaves reach a length of 10-14 cm, the crop is removed.
Other varieties
Breeders have developed a variety of varieties designed for cultivation in certain regions. So, there are varieties of parsley for the Moscow region, Siberia and not only. The following varieties are classified as zoned: Breeze, Bogatyr, Gloria, Titan, Bravo, Mazin, Petra, Italian, Sorceress, Sandwich, Triplex.
- Bogatyr. This leaf variety is highly resistant to various diseases, temperature fluctuations. It is widely used not only in cooking, but also in the food industry. At Bogatyr, the root system is completely immersed in the ground. Its dimensions reach 30 cm. The root has a specific aroma. The mass of green root crops reaches 100 grams. The rosette of the variety is semi-spreading, the leaves are dense, shiny, emerald. Small cloves along the edge of the leaf blade. During flowering, small light green buds are formed, collected in a single group and forming umbrella inflorescences.
- Curly parsley. It has a beautiful, decorative foliage. It is widely used in cooking to decorate dishes. Curly variety differs from others in its delicate aroma, spicy taste. A harvested crop can retain its freshness for more than a week, without losing its properties.
- Gigante Italy is the best among the best varieties of parsley for open ground. It grows quickly after cutting, because of which, during the growing season, it allows you to get 3-4 crops. In open ground, the variety can be grown in warm regions. In the northern and central - it is preferable to grow indoors. Additional dressings stimulate the growth of the outlet, improve the quality of the crop, increase the amount of green mass and contribute to the rapid growth of new greenery.
Preparing seeds for sowing
Having acquired the best varieties of parsley for open ground, you can start sowing. First, prepare the seeds. This is done 1-2 days before the planned sowing. Seeds are poured into a container and poured with water. They are left for two days, changing the water. A couple of hours before sowing, the water is drained, the seeds are laid out on a napkin and dried.
To accelerate the emergence of seedlings, the seeds must be soaked and germinated. In this case, the appearance of sprouts will accelerate.
If you plan to sow before winter, the seeds are laid out in the planting grooves dry.
Sowing Features
Choosing the seeds of suitable plants from the best varieties of parsley, they select the place where they will be sown. It should be with fertile soil, well lit. A bad predecessor are: dill, cilantro, caraway seeds, carrots.
Ideally, the site is prepared in the fall, carefully digging the soil to the depth of the shovel bayonet. Humus is added to the soil - 5 kg per square meter. In the spring, before planting, mineral fertilizers are added to the bed, they are dug.
Landing pattern
When sowing, the planting pattern should be followed. Seeds of varieties of root parsley are sown with a distance between rows of 30-40 cm, and leaf - 20-30 cm. Between rosettes of parsley maintain a distance of 5-10 cm.
Growing greenery
Plant seeds can be sown in April, when the soil begins to warm up. Sowing produces with a density of 0.5 g of seeds per square meter. Sow the seeds of the best varieties of parsley on the greens shallow - 1-2 cm into the grooves, sprinkle with earth on top. Crops are watered. So that the upper layers of the soil do not dry out, they must be covered with a film. It will protect the first seedlings from return frosts, and also protect the upper layers of the soil from drying out.
Seeds germinate at +2 degrees and can withstand frost to -5. Seed germination directly depends on the correct planting and care.
Care
In order to get a crop of plants of the selected parsley variety, as in the photo, it is necessary to provide good care to the plants. To do this, they are watered, weeds are weeded, the soil is loosened, fed, and the crop is harvested on time.
Slices are performed as the green mass ripens. The collection can be carried out throughout the growing season.
To get a good harvest, several times a season you need to feed the plant. Two tablespoons per ten square meters and the same amount of phosphorus-potassium fertilizer are added to the soil. Most often, saltpeter is used in the cultivation of leaf parsley, but phosphorus-potassium fertilizers are useful for the root. They are introduced throughout the growing season, once every 2-3 weeks.
An important condition for obtaining a good harvest is proper watering. It is performed depending on the weather, not allowing the soil to trap, but also not overdrying. Watering parsley is best in the morning or evening hours, so that moisture does not spoil the leaves.
For irrigation use the settled water at the rate of 2 buckets per square meter of plantings per day. If the weather is hot, then watered with plenty of water. Ideally, the daily rate is divided into 2-4 waterings.
Also, caring for the greens requires weed removal. They not only obscure parsley, but also absorb their soil nutrients, moisture, carry some diseases, have a negative impact on productivity.
During the cultivation, the seedlings are gradually thinned out. The first time this is done, when six true leaflets bloom on the plants. The removed greens can be transplanted into a separate bed or used as food.
Immediately after the first thinning, the plant is fed with mineral fertilizers. After the second thinning, parsley is treated against pests. This can be done with a solution of ash, chemicals offered in garden stores. This will help protect parsley from aphids and other pests. After processing with chemicals, it is forbidden to use leaflets for food for several days - this is indicated in the instructions for the drug.
Breeding
Liked parsley varieties, according to reviews, can be obtained by propagation by seeds of our own production. Parsley blooms in the second year. For propagation, leave several bushes, do not cut them, allowing them to bloom. Ripened seeds are harvested and sown in the fall or spring in the ground.
You can get your planting material from any non-hybrid variety.
Growing greenery at home
Parsley can be grown on a windowsill or balcony throughout the year. To do this, prepare the landing boxes. They are filled with fertile soil or a store substrate intended for vegetable crops. You can grow parsley in hydroponics.
Then, grooves are made in the soil into which prepared seeds are sown to a depth of not more than 0.5 cm.
When growing parsley on the windowsill, it is important to observe some conditions:
- It is necessary to monitor watering. The soil should not dry out and there should be no stagnation of water. For this, it is checked once a day. The crops are watered gently, along the edge of the tank, in order to prevent erosion of the substrate. As soon as shoots appear, watering is increased. Especially carefully monitor the moisture of the soil if the container with crops is located near the battery or in the room too dry air.
- Observe thermal conditions. Parsley does not tolerate heat. For its normal growth and development, the optimum temperature is considered to be from +15 to +21 degrees. At lower temperatures, plant development stops, and at higher temperatures, the bushes dry.
- Compliance with the light regime. So that the bushes do not stretch, they need to provide lighting for 12-14 hours. In the winter, containers with parsley are additionally illuminated by hanging a fluorescent lamp above the boxes, about half a meter from them.
- Thinning. Shoots must be thinned out. This is done as many times as necessary so that at the end of the procedure there is one plant per liter of soil.
As soon as the parsley is grown, it is cut. Optimum leaves are 10 cm long.
Growing greens from the root crop
Parsley can be grown from the root crop. This method is convenient in that there is no need to wait for the seeds to sprout.
To get greens in this way, you must:
- Prepare boxes for planting root crops. They must be disinfected. To do this, use a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Drainage is laid at the bottom, with a layer of one and a half to two centimeters. The rest of the space is filled with nutrient soil. It can be done independently by mixing peat, humus and sand, in a ratio of 2: 1: 1. You can use a ready-made, shop substrate for vegetables.
- In October, before freezing the soil, parsley roots are dug up. For distillation, a root crop with a diameter of 2-3 cm and a length of about five centimeters is used. It is believed that the larger the root, the more leaf buds will wake up on it. The roots are transplanted into prepared boxes.
After planting, the boxes with root vegetables are cleaned in a cool place. During this period, water the soil sparingly. As soon as the sprouts appear, the boxes are transferred to a warm, bright place. Usually they are placed on the windowsill. In order for the plants to develop correctly, the containers are turned over once a day. On cloudy dark days, parsley is illuminated. As soon as the leaves begin to grow actively, watering is increased.
During the growing of greenery on the windowsill, it is periodically fed. For this, complex mineral fertilizers are used. Usually parsley is fed when the bushes begin to weaken.
Varieties for windowsill
Having decided to grow parsley on the windowsill, it is important to choose the right variety. For this purpose, seeds of early ripe varieties are acquired. They begin to cut them ten days earlier than others.
Varieties such as Astra, Gloria, Fitness, Vorozheya, Fragrant Alley, Morning freshness and many others can be grown on the windowsill.
Sowing
Sowing seeds in boxes is not much different from sowing in the garden. For this, it is necessary to prepare planting material by soaking it for three days in an ode. Twice a day, water is changed. This will help to sprout quickly. A couple of hours before sowing, the seeds are laid out on a napkin and dried.
For sowing use a box with a drainage hole. It is filled with soil, spilled with boiled water and allowed to cool. This helps to disinfect the soil from pathogens.
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